Sustainable mix of housing and care
EGM architects designed the care and nursing home based on the concept of living with customized care in a "liveable house" for Ameide (the Netherlands) and surroundings. Open Vensters consists of private residences and a section for public facilities, connected by an indoor glass roofed street. In the residential section, where group accommodations and private care apartments are located, living is emphasized. The children’s day care center and the office staff of AV Zorggroep share the facilities section.
The entrance building houses the facilities section as well as a restaurant and lounge. The roof of the building, consists of glazed tiles with large dormers, referring to the agricultural surroundings and provides an ‘open window’ to the heart of the village of Ameide. With a view on the future, the psycho geriatric group accommodations consist of single rooms, some even with private bathrooms. Medium care is located in apartments which are suitable for flexible lease in the future.
AV Zorggroep has five locations and provides care in a large geographical area from Oud Alblas (Alblasserwaard) to Leerdam (Vijfherenlanden). Open Vensters is one of the locations, located on the outskirts of Ameide, a small town southeast of Utrecht. The management wanted the scale, identity and needs of residents to be represented in the design, which also had to answer to current and future regulations, as well as to operation requirements. This resulted in "a sustainable mix".
